RE: The 2015-16 Big East Season to Date
revisiting now vs last year start of conference play
Villanova 4 now vs 6 last year +2
Xavier 9 now vs 28 last year +19
Butler 29 now vs 37 last year +8
Georgetown 46 now vs 30 last year -16
Providence 47 now vs 50 last year +3
Seton Hall 53 now vs 41 last year -12
Creighton 58 now vs 79 last year +21
Marquette 74 now vs 103 last year +29
St John's 166 now vs 16 last year -150
DePaul 177 now vs 204 last year +27
last year ranks 6,16,28,30,37,41,50,79,103,204
this year ranks 4,9,29,46,47,53,58,74,166,177
just looking- top 2 better, 4-7 group better last year, 9th much better last year, 10th much better this year.
also last year entering conference play:
Ken pom- 59.4 vs 66.3 this year
RPI- 69.4 vs 80.5 this year
RPI Forecast- 70.1 vs 75.8 this year
It's funny, the perception seems SO much stronger this year vs last year- but the numbers don't bare it out. The RPI is interesting as well(granted it's still 2 weeks out). We entered conference play last year with 6 top 40 teams in the RPI. and a 7th at 57. This year we have 3 top 26 teams, Butler at 47 and Seton Hall at 59- then next team is Georgetown at 104.
Hopefully the 2 weeks out part is right- but there again, have some RPI bombs left on the schedule.
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